Theo Words: “allotheism” to “ochlotheocracy”,
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Words that include: theo-, the-, -theism, -theist, -theistic
(Greek: God, god, deity, divine).
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allotheism:
The worship of other or strange gods.
anthropotheism:
The belief that the gods originated from human beings and are essentially human in nature.
antitheism:
The belief that there is no God.
antitheist:
A person who is opposed to belief in the existence of God (or gods).
antitheistic:
A reference to the opposition of God.
apotheosis:
1. The transportation of a human being into a god.
2. The highest point of glory, power, or importance.
3. The best or most glorious example of something.
apotheosize:
1. To elevate someone to the status of a god.
2. To glorify or exalt someone or something.
atheism:
Disbelief in, or denial of, the existence of a God or gods.
atheist:
Someone who does not believe in a God or gods or who deny the existence of God or gods.
atheistic, atheistical:
Relating to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; such as, being godless and impious.
atheology:
Antagonism to theology; atheism.
atheological:
Opposed to theology; atheistic.
astrotheology:
Theology founded on the observation of heavenly or celestial bodies.
autotheism:
1. The doctrine of God’s self-subsistence. The ascription of this attribute to the Second Person of the Trinity, as being “God of himself” and not merely “God of God”.
2. Self-deification.
bithesim, dithesim:
1. Belief in two equal gods.
2. The belief that the world is ruled by two equal and opposing forces or gods, one good and one evil.
egotheism:
Self-deification.
entheomania:
Demonomania.
enthusiasm, enthusiastic:
1. Passionate interest in or eagerness to do something.
2. Something that arouses a consuming interest. [From Greek enthousiasmos, “possession by (a) god”, formed from enthous, “inspired”, literally “with (a) god in”; divine inspiration].
enthusiast:
Someone who is very interested or involved in something, especially somebody with a particular hobby. [From Greek enthkousiaste, “one inspired (by a god)”, from enthous].
hecastotheism:
The practice of investing all sorts of objects with supernatural powers.
henotheism:
1. The worship of one god, that is, as the special god of a social group or occupation, while acknowledging or believing in the existence of other gods.
2. A kind of polytheism in which one god of the pantheon is raised over the others. Coined by Friedrich Max Mueller (1823-1900), professor of comparative philology at Oxford, in his “Lecture on the Origin and Growth of Religion” (1878). It is also defined as, “the worship of one of a group of gods, in contrast with monotheism, which teaches that only one god exists.” A henotheist is an adherent of henotheism.
hylotheism:
1. The belief that God and the material world are the same.
2. The doctrine that God and matter or the material universe are identical; material pantheism.
hylotheist:
A person who believes that God and the material world are the same.
misotheism:
A hatred of God (or of gods).
monotheism, monotheistic:
The belief that there is only one God. This belief is found, for example, in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
monotheist:
One who believes that there is only one God and no other gods.
myriotheism:
1. Worshiping of or believing in more than one deity (god), usually several deities.
2. Polytheism or the worship of several gods.
ochlotheocracy:
The rule of a “mob” or crowd of gods.
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